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Leonhard Euler and the Koenigsberg Bridges

In a problem that entertained the strollers of an East Prussian city the great mathematician saw an important principle of the branch of mathematics called topology

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 189 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Leonhard Euler and the Koenigsberg Bridges” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 189 No. 1 (), p. 66
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0753-66